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Kenya
Business: Tycoon turns down Facebook page appointment' as Nairobi Chef Economic Advisor
Business tycoon Chris Kirubi has told off Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko over an offer to join his team of advisors.
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Cina
Business: Local, global security firms in race along China's "Silk Road"
Global security companies and their smaller Chinese rivals are jostling for business along Beijing's modern-day "Silk Road", the grandiose plan for land and sea routes connecting the world's second largest economy with the rest of Asia and beyond.
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Cina
Business News: Local, global security firms in race along China's "Silk Road"
Global security companies and their smaller Chinese rivals are jostling for business along Beijing's modern-day "Silk Road", the grandiose plan for land and sea routes connecting the world's second largest economy with the rest of Asia and beyond.
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Kenya
Business News: How African governments use advertising as a weapon against media freedom
In Kenya, it's estimated that 30% of newspaper revenue comes from government advertising. In 2013, the government spent Ksh40 million in two weeks just to publish congratulatory messages for the new President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Kenya
Home & Away: How Mungiki has taken over mines
The gradual forceful takeover of some of the mines can be traced to as far back as 2010, when, after years of being put on the back foot by the authorities in their major operation zones of Nairobi and parts of central Kenya, a delegation of about a dozen people ...
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Ucraina
American OSCE monitor killed in rebel east Ukraine
The announcement about the death saw Kiev and the insurgents quickly trade blame over who was at fault
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USA
Oil Exploration Requires CEO's Mind of Looking 10 or 20 Years Forward
Kim Tae-won, head of SK Innovation's oil exploration business for North America, said, "If the management withdraws from the business simply due to short-term losses, it would definitely fail to retain the related talent and know-how." In an interview held on April 18 at his office in Houston, Texas, he said, ...
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Russia USA Armenia Kazakistan
Eurasian Public Procurement Market Emerges as New Frontier for Korean Companies...KOTRA Report
Eurasia has emerged as a promising public procurement market for Korean companies. According to a report published by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency on April 23, the five Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member countries including Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia can potentially make a market of US$500 billion a ...
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Cina USA Vietnam
Korea's FDI Hits Record High of $35.2 Bil.
Korea's outbound foreign direct investment has surpassed 40 trillion won (US$35.2 billion) while that toward China has stayed at the same level for the past few years. The investment destinations that saw the largest increase last year were the United States and Vietnam. According to overseas investment statistics released by Korea ...
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USA
IBM Korea bets future on cognitive, cloud technology business
IBM Korea, the local branch of the US-based tech giant, is betting its future on its cognitive computing and cloud servi